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HTTP request smuggling In org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

Description

Potential HTTP request smuggling in Apache Tomcat In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as valid. This led to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header in a particular manner. Such a reverse proxy is considered unlikely.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

1-10 of 14

10

References

1. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html2. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html3. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html4. https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-46805. https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-46736. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4448-17. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-00058. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd547be0c9d821b4b1000a694b8e58ef9f5e2d66db03a31dfe77c4b18@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E9. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc31cbabb46cdc58bbdd8519a8f64b6236b2635a3922bbeba0f0e3743@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E10. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra5dee390ad2d60307b8362505c059cd6a726de4d146d63dfce1e05e7@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E11. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ce7918faf347e7aac32be930bf26c233b0b140fe37af0bb294158b6@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E12. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r80e9c8417c77d52c62809168b96912bda70ddf7748f19f8210f745b1@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E13. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc994c965a34876bd94d5ff15b4e1e30b6220a15eb9b47c81915b78@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E14. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r660cd379afe346f10d72c0eaa8459ccc95d83aff181671b7e9076919@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E15. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r441c1f30a252bf14b07396286f6abd8089ce4240e91323211f1a2d75@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E16. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r127f76181aceffea2bd4711b03c595d0f115f63e020348fe925a916c%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E17. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00025.html